Governor Dawson Vetoes the Uniform License Law
Charleston March 10 Governor Dawson vetoed house bill No 29 the general license law The measure would set a minimum city liquor license at 500 and a uniform state rate of 600 The governor warned the change would reduce state revenues by ceding control to cities and could lower saloon numbers He would have approved if the state city parity provision had been kept
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Charleston
Dawson
Bluefield
House
Senate
Protracted Vesey's chapel meeting aids attendance growth
Kinottsville notes describe a weeklong Vesey's chapel meeting with no church accessions yet, but attendance rising. The column lists locals visiting, including Mrs. Mary Bradley, Miss Susie Swisher, Alberta Baumgartner, and students from Mannington and Buckhannon, with brief health and injury updates and farm visit details.
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Vesey's
Ross Bradley
Baylor
Evansville
Mary Bradley
Belle Mason
J. T. Knotts
Young Man Shoots Himself Before Mother in Glen Eli
Lee Post aged 25, single, shot himself at 5 45 yesterday afternoon at his home at Clark and Sixth streets Glen Eli. In the presence of his mother and sister he fired a revolver bullet through his heart and died ten minutes later. He worked for the Baltimore Ohio railroad and had been drinking for days. He had been suspended for six months. He was a son of Wesley Post, former sheriff candidate.
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Clarksburg
Lee Post
Clark and
Sixth Streets
Glen Eli
Wesley Post
Aetna Construction Fined for Eight-Hour Violation
In Parkersburg on March 11, Judge A G Dayton presided over a federal case. The Aetna Construction company was fined for violating the federal eight-hour law while engaged in government river work on the Ohio.
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Parkersburg
A. G. Dayton
Aetna Construction Company
Ohio River
Sentence Commutation for General Stoessel Announced
The Czar commuted General Stoessel's death sentence for Port Arthur surrender to ten years in a fortress with likely full pardon soon. The war office opposed him, and the military court found he yielded before resources were exhausted. Stoessel has not been in good health since the siege. Practical Pointers. West Virginia Business College offers practical training in Clarksburg with strong placement, no solicitors, and tuition incentives.
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St. Petersburg
Gen. Stoessel
Port Arthur
Nicholas
Stoessel
Japan
Gen. Nogi
West Virginia Business College
Clarksburg
W. Va
C. C. Finly
Mystery clouds W MB Bs AGT motives in Western Maryland crisis
Baltimore March 9 The Western Maryland receivership sparks talk of disintegration as rival lines eye profitable realignments. Rumors claim Baltimore & Ohio Reading and Pennsylvania may gain key divisions if the Western Maryland empire collapses, reshaping transcontinental route termini and regional control.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Ptnetbetica
New York
Baltimore& Ohio
Reading
Pennsylvania
Baltimore & Ohio
West Virginia
Cumberland
Shippensburg
Cherry Run
Hanover
York
Gettysburg
West Virginia Distillery May Close After Court Tax
Hannis Distilling Company of Martinsburg plans to close its Martinsburg distillery and move operations to the Baltimore Mount Vernon Distillery at Ostend and Russell streets. The move is tied to a West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals tax ruling requiring payment on about 25,000 barrels of whisky stored in Martinsburg warehouses, prompting fears of losses if kept open.
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Hannis Enterprise
Martinsburg
W. Va
Hannis Distilling Company
Baltimore
Mount Vernon
Ostend
Russell Streets
Supreme Court of Appeals of
West Virginia
Governor Dawson Cuts Appropriations
Charleston report states Governor Dawson slashed nineteen thousand two hundred fifty dollars from three items in the extra session appropriation bill. Cuts included West Virginia Industrial School Fayette County pay for teachers and contingent expenses of the Senate and House. Dawson plans a public statement on the action in a few days. He will travel to Washington May 13 to attend President Roosevelt’s resources conference.
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Charleston
Mar
Dawson
West Virginna
Seminary and College
Fayette County
Washington
Roosevelt
Court orders accounting in Jenkins estate case
In Taylor County West Virginia the circuit court case Robinson versus Estella Jenkins and others sets an April 4 1908 hearing to report on Stephen B Jenkins death estate. Commissioner Ford directs examination of personal estate real estate debts and administration details with all parties required to attend.
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Ra EB. Robinson
Estella Jenkins
Stephen B. Jenkins
Hallie G. Jenkins
Circuit Court
Taylor County
West Virginia
Grafton
Estella B. Jenkins
Ford
Jhd W. Robinson
Stiff
Paris Doctors Report Recalled Life of Young Girl
In Versailles three physicians reportedly revived a girl deemed dead by immersing her body in warm electric water with periodic sulfuric acid addition. Hypnotic passes were used before the face, and after three hours she opened her eyes. She described a near death experience and visions of monsters attacking her body.
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Paris
Versailles
Notice of hearing in Hamilton estate chancery case
Commissioner to report debts and liens against Wirt Hamilton real estate and rental value. Proceedings determine dower, administratrix accounts, and sufficiency of five year rent to pay debts. Hearing set for April 6, 1908, in Taylor County Circuit Court. G W Ford and A W Burdett, attorneys for plaintiff.
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Lulu Hamilton
Wirt Hamilton
Loyd W. Hamilton
Margaret Hamilton
Samuel R. Barr
Baltimore City
Maryland
Taylor County
West Virginia
Grafton
Circuit Court
G. W. Ford
A. W. Burdett
Notice of Chancery Commissioner's examination in WV case
FOREST W. BROWN announces that on March 28, 1908, at his Grafton office, Taylor County, he will report an account in the Washington National Building & Loan Association et al. versus Linnie Jarrett et al. chancery cause. He will determine liens, rent sufficiency, real estate value, and other pertinent matters. Attorneys for the plaintiff are Fore st Brown and Warder & Robinson.
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Washington National Building & Loan Association
Washington, D. C
Linnie Jarrett
Absalom M. Jarrett
Josiah C. Stroddard
Addison G. DuBois
Robert L. Brown
Harry H. Byrer
Circuit Court
Jor County
West Virginia
Grafton
Taylor County
Ee Ford
Forest W. Brown
WAR der & Robinson
Plainart
Taylor Co
G. W. Ford
Warder & Robinson
Julia Shanley
J. W. Shanley
First National Bank
Taylor
Hugh Wardher
Mary Carron and Others In Chancery Notice
Commissioner notice lists Mary Carron and Patrick Carr among parties in chancery. Pending in the Circuit Court of Taylor County West, with actions and deadlines unclear in the fragmented text.
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Mary Carron
Patrick Carr
Taylor County
West
Chancery matters in Virginia real estate and liens notice
Notice in a West Virginia Taylor County chancery case covering Anthony Carr real estate, title, dower rights of Mary Carr, rent and profits since May 1906, and partition feasibility. Also liens on Linnie Jarrett property to present claims by March 28, 1908. Includes reference to Julia Shanley and J W Shanley real estate, revis and rent prospects, and appointment of a chancery commissioner for April 2, 1908.
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Virginia
Grafton
Taylor County
West Virginia
Said
Anthony Carr
Lawson
Tanteataalane
G. Nigh
Notice to Lien Holders and Related Notices
Notice to lien holders on the real estate of Julia Shanley and J W Shanley by judgment or otherwise. Creditors must present all claims for adjudication at the First National Bank Building in Grafton West Virginia by April 2 1908. Also includes sale advertisement near Thornton Virginia and elopement report from Martinsburg March 11 involving Amog Beard and Edna Caldabaugh.
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J. W. Shanley
Circuit Court of
Taylor County
First National Bank
Grafton
County of Taylor
West Virginia
Hugh Warder
Martinsburg
Amog Beard
Hedgeville
Edna Caldabaugh
Beard
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